My office's dress code is "smart casual," which as far as I can tell means you have to be wearing clothes. I don't know anyone who's had their clothing remarked upon by HR, and that includes my co-worker who spent most of one day last week in his pizza-print pajama pants.
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Jessica - Mar 09, 2008 2:40:40 pm PDT #3899 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Kevin - Mar 09, 2008 2:48:19 pm PDT #3900 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Quoting from my companies dress code policy:
• The following items are not permissible:-
• Printed clothing with advertising logos (other than those which are tiny and discreet) or slogans that could offend others.
• Strappy, strapless, midrift or halterneck tops, vests or camisoles.
• Frayed or torn cloths.
• Sandles (men only), flip flops or sports shoes.
• Leggings, shorts or cropped trousers.
• Tops or trousers/skirts worn in a manner that allows bare midrifts to be visible.
• Skirts higher than two inches above the knee.
• Transparent materials through which underwear can be seen.
• Open low-cut tops or dresses (as a guide a collared neck shirt should only be unbuttoned at the collar and one button below the collar).
• Denim clothing.
Allyson - Mar 09, 2008 2:56:39 pm PDT #3901 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
We don't have a dress code. I wear a black tshirt and jeans almost daily. The other admin staff dresses up in pretty clothes, but I'm the only one of them who has to crawl around on lab floors looking for errant cables and hidden bottles of hydrofluoric acid. So screw pretty clothes, yo.
Such is the way in lab settings, I think.
Kevin - Mar 09, 2008 3:00:08 pm PDT #3902 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Yeah, I wish my work was sane like that, Allyson. I'm in a fully taylored suit ('cos I have to have that, apparently) and I'm climbing under desks and floorboards cabling shit up. I just wreck everything I buy within a month.
No Sandles (men only) cracks me up.
megan walker - Mar 09, 2008 3:00:36 pm PDT #3903 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Except for jeans on Fridays, I follow Kevin's company dress code. I think I'm the only one that regulary wears heels.
megan walker - Mar 09, 2008 3:01:56 pm PDT #3904 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
No Sandles (men only) cracks me up.
My prep school had rules like that. The fact that girls didn't have to wear socks, but guys did, was one of the biggest bones of contention.
Kevin - Mar 09, 2008 3:04:45 pm PDT #3905 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I remember at school, girls weren't allowed to wear trousers. I've no idea why. They had to wear skirts.
megan walker - Mar 09, 2008 3:05:44 pm PDT #3906 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
If we wore pants, we had to wear a blazer, but no tie. This also was much disputed by the guys.
Kevin - Mar 09, 2008 3:07:17 pm PDT #3907 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
The girls at our school took up the trouser issue. And good on them.
My work's dress code includes things like:
2.2 Grade 3 and Above Employees For men - tailored suits to be worn so as above with tailored matching jackets. For women - as above with tailored jackets.
They don't have any grade 3 or above female employees. It's this massive company and there's not a single one. The ladies are all answering phones.
It's like being on the set of Mad Men. It's really disturbing.
megan walker - Mar 09, 2008 3:11:22 pm PDT #3908 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
We actually have a "business attire" dress code written by NY headquarters, but no one in SF follows it.
In fact, we just had a marketing guy out for meetings and the head of our office made a point of starting off by telling him that he really didn't need to be wearing a tie.